Vienna Teng - No Gringo lyrics

rate me

<BR>

Father says head down<br>

We don't want them finding you<br>

Mother says practice now<br>

All the words you know<br>

<br>

Oh Arizona's burning<br>

They say the fence turned round<br>

Now the razor wire keeps us out<br>

<br>

Mother says with luck<br>

We'll sleep under a roof tonight<br>

Father says in the truck<br>

We'll be crushed in tight<br>

<br>

Oh Chicago don't forget me<br>

As the miles between us grow<br>

Keep the maple tree carved with the name of my love<br>

The hills we would sled race down<br>

Lake Michigan stay endless and painted in sky<br>

Goodbye<br>

<br>

Mother says years ago<br>

The whole world was ours to rule<br>

Father says let it go<br>

Those days are gone for good<br>

<br>

All the signs read no gringo<br>

But somehow we'll find our way<br>

Maybe waiting at dawn by the factory doors<br>

Sunburnt and bent in the fields<br>

Please don't turn us in<br>

We'll be silent as the grave<br>

As time<br>

<br>

No gringo<br>

No Gringo aqu­<br>

Words as levies against the flood<br>

Hoy cerrado<br>

There's too many to feed<br>

Room for only our own kind, our own blood<br>

No gringo, no gringo aqu­<br>

You have stayed in this land for too long<br>

Tan amargo<br>

But there's no time to grieve<br>

You just pack up your things and move on<br>

<BR><BR>

<i>[Thanks to Jon Wieber for these lyrics]</i><br>

<BR>